E350 Transmission noise Need Help!

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Jul 26, 2014 | 10:44 AM

Keny1

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E350 Transmission noise Need Help!

Hi All, 2012 E350 V8, 4 Speed Auto With OD trans with 68K miles. This morning for the first time I hear a loud grinding noise driving forward or backward in gear, at low speed, Zero to 15 mph. Noise in Low & second, Noise is gone after shift to drive. No noise when coasting out of gear. I jacked the rear wheels off the ground and with engine running in gear, forward or reverse, the noise is coming from the transmission, again no noise when coast out of gear. Trany fluid at normal level.

I live in the South bay area of Los Angeles, who can I take my van to for check out and repair work. This is Saturday, is there anyone I can bring my van to just to ID the noise?
Thanks Kenny Lyon 310 631 3460

Jul 29, 2014 | 09:04 AM

RVanPeeren

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I'm not sure who you could take it to, but I recommend that you either drop the pan off the trans or take it to a shop that can do it for you. The inside of the pan will tell you if you have had component failures or if you just have normal wear. Metal chucks = bad news and a rebuild is needed. The trans on my E150 started making noise like you described days before it locked up tight.

Jul 29, 2014 | 09:37 AM

Keny1

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Found metal in pan!

I found metal in the pan, Call all my friends in this area and found a shop that had done a transmission on a ford truck for his neighbor, who has very high recommendations for them. A family owned bussiness started in 1959, and run by his sons today, Dan and Bill. The van is in their shop now, for a complete trany rebuild, Van comes home on Wednesday, will report on service, repair, and cost as I get more info. reviews can be seen at:
Community Transmission - Bellflower, CA | Yelp

Thanks Kenny Lyon 310 631 3460
Found some interesting info here on Ford Tranys: (add ww and try to cut and Paste this link, Sorry!)
w.slideshare.net/transmission_guy/2009-5-20-ford-fixes

Last edited by Keny1; Jul 29, 2014 at 09:46 AM. Reason: The Ford Trany info will not post correctly, so I removed the hyperlink.

Jul 29, 2014 | 12:00 PM

Keny1

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Ford letter on Trany

Hi All
Community Transmission said the Forward Planetary Assembly Bearing failed.
Ford has this letter on extending the Warranty for this bearing, for six year or 150,000 miles. see here:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...52070-3084.pdf

Call to ford. Should have had the repair work done at Ford Dealer, but Ford may cover part of the repair cost anyway. Have to take old parts, photos, and repair work order to Ford Dealer now, and see what happens.

Thanks Kenny Lyon 310 631 3460
This info covers 2011 and 2012 E350 and maybe 2013 E350. There may be other Ford models covered too.

Dec 25, 2021 | 05:13 PM

bbbluejay

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2012 E350 auto trans Exactly same problem I have that broken the Planetary gear. It's only comes at low speed, loud clunking and grinding. Noise gone when in neutral or high gear